Alora did not say anything. She listened in silence.“They told me that they regretted it and that they’ve made a mistake.” Jane wore a deadpan look on her face like she was telling a story in which she was not the protagonist of. “Time has passed and circumstances have changed. Where do I find the energy to continue squandering my time away with them?“If that’s what they think, so be it.“Madam Dunn, though, pulled me aside and told me something.“During the incident back then, Rosaline Su
The car arrived at Dunn residence and drove through the big iron gate. Jane got out of the car. “You can go back first, Alora. Madam Dunn and I are going to catch up on things.”Alora's beautiful eyes moved. Her gaze fell on Jane's lackluster face and chuckled. “No way. I can’t leave you with the Dunns alone. How am I going to explain it to Mr. Stewart?”Jane's throat tightened. “You…”“I’ll go in with you.” Whilst closing the car door, Alora walked calmly to Jane's side. She stretched out he
Those were the exact words of the virtuous and prestigious elderly man.When he was figuring out ways to obtain a new identity card for Jane after she made the request, Joseph went to meet the virtuous and prestigious elderly man. Joseph could still remember the indifference in the elderly man’s eyes when he said those words.… It was destined then that Jane would not live any longer. The elderly man’s words were not to be defied.The elderly man had made it very clear that the Stewarts cou
She stood up as she said that and lowered her head to stare at Alora who was sitting next to her. “What’s wrong with you, Alora?”Before she could scream, someone was suddenly standing behind her, covering her nose with a handkerchief. “Mm! Mm!” She seemed to have realized something. Before she passed out, she looked at the Dunns with a look of disappointment on her face.Before she fainted, she had one more thought… Fortunately, she had not stopped Alora from drinking her tea just now. If the
In the hospital, Old Master Stewart had not come out from the operation ward. The man standing by the door was feeling anxious.After his right eye twitched, the anxiousness in his heart was getting more and more intense.He turned his head to look at the door and asked the old master’s butler. “How did Grandpa faint?”“Old Master suddenly…” The butler kept repeating this. When he said that, the door was opened. A doctor came out from inside. Sean stopped the doctor in the white coat. “The person inside is my grandfather. How is he?”The doctor did not expect someone to stop him and ask questions. “Your grandfather is not…”“Our old master is the old chairman of Stewart Industries. You have to take good care of him.”Before the doctor could say a complete sentence, the butler who was standing at one side interrupted him.The doctor’s brain was working fast. He changed his words instantly. He said that Old Master Stewart’s condition was still unknown, so they needed to do more ch
Sean did not say a word more. He hung up and called Jane’s number next. No one answered the phone. He was frowning when he called the Dunn household. He could not get through to the Dunn’s landline. In the end, he could only call Joseph’s number.After a while, the call went through. “Mr. Stewart?”“Joseph, is Jane with you?” Sean did not want to waste time exchanging pleasantries with Joseph. The most important thing for him right now was Jane’s safety.“Jane?” Joseph asked in surprise. “Jane was here, but she just left.”Sean was looking pensive. “How long ago? With who?”“Just a few moments ago. Let me look at the time… Hmm, about ten minutes ago. Miss Smith was the one who was driving. They left together. Mr. Stewart, what’s wrong? D-Did anything happen to Jane?” Joseph stood up anxiously and asked Sean who was on the other end of the phone.After he heard that, Sean’s eyes darkened. He made a sound from the back of his throat and said courteously. “I’m sorry to bother you, M
The butler of the Old Stewart Manor had a position that was higher than the previous Mr. Summers. He was bent on staying with the old master. Naturally, he would follow every order of the old master and was the old master’s most trusted person. However, he did not know that the old master had this plan of pretending to be sick and kicking Jane out. At that moment, he was angry. He could guess that something was amiss.However, at this moment, he could not tell Sean what he was thinking.“Sir, the humble old me has been serving the old master my entire life. In the ordinary course of events, if the old master is pretending to be sick just to kidnap Mi… Madam, then I should know about it,” the old butler said earnestly.“Sir, I swear. The old master really isn’t doing anything to Miss Dunn by pretending to be sick.”Sean was looking at the old butler intensely. This old butler who served the old master for his whole life had watched Sean grow up. As for his understanding of the old m
“You devious woman! How dare you laugh? You murderer! You devious evil woman!”That voice was screaming with such rage. “If it hadn’t been for you, my Rosaline would not have died at such a young age! If it hadn’t been for you, Rosaline would not have gotten violated by those animals! It’s all your fault! It’s all your fault, you evil little b*tch!”Jane was tied to a chair that had a broken leg. She watched the old man yelling at her without saying a word.“Rosaline was your best friend. Rosaline thought of you as her best friend. What about you? What did you do? Huh?”The old man was shaking Jane, releasing his anger by screaming and humiliating her. His aged eyes were painted with hatred.Jane let the old man scream at her. However, when the old man said that Rosaline thought of her as her best friend, she could not stand it anymore.“Many years ago, I thought of Rosaline as my best friend too.” The old man glared at the woman on the chair angrily. She was laughing without a s
"Your grandfather loved your grandmother like a man possessed."By the time I finished hearing out my grandparents' story, I fell silent. I no longer blamed my grandfather for not knowing his heart, and I no longer blamed Grandma for being uncertain. It was just as Grandma Alora said. It was only because one of the two of them stopped obsessing and took a step back that they ended up living happily ever after. I could not help but wonder. What if Grandma simply refused to turn back at the e
Even then, I found it unbelievable. I ran to my dad's room and immediately asked, "Is Grandpa a pervert? I saw him hugging Grandma's foot just now. Does he have a foot fetish?""Your grandfather is warming your grandmother's feet. Your grandmother's body isn't in its best shape, and her hands and feet are always ice-cold. Your grandfather can't bear to see her like that. Just pretend you didn't see anything, and never mention it to him.""But why?""Because your grandfather will make you writ
My name was Luka Stewart. It was a weird name, right? Like ‘look! A stew.’My grandfather gave me my name. All my many years of experience as a kid told me that my grandfather was not a good guy.All else aside, just look at the name he gave me. He had a perfectly nice name himself, but he had to give me such a weird one.However, every time I protested about it to him, he always said that it was my dad's fault. If Dad had been a girl, that would have been his name instead. See, Grandpa was
On the twentieth day after the surgeryHe saw the person he had his heart set on.“Elior said you were at your wedding on the day I woke up.” He fell quiet again after his initial excitement. It felt as though there was a thorn in his heart. He wanted to pull the thorn out, but it hurt just to touch it.“Is Michael Luther… good to you?”“Yeah, pretty much.”There was pain in his eyes and he hurriedly lowered them, putting on a gracious act.“Congratulations. From now on, you’ll finally be
“Not too long ago, I woke up one morning and realized that I was trapped behind bars again. He had installed metal grilles over all the windows in the room.“In my eyes, those bars were no different from the ones in prison six years ago.“He tried everything to imprison me. He only finally let go when he’s sick and dying.“He said something about getting tired of this game and getting bored of me. I believed him.“He’s dying, so he lets go.“Is that supposed to show how generous and loving
“See? Master White agrees. Move aside and don’t stop me, the boss is in a lot of danger right now!” Dos’ expression was vicious. “I need to stop…”Halfway through his sentence, the three people outside heard some mortifying noises coming from inside the room.They were all experienced in the ways of life, so no matter how slow they might be, they still understood what those noises meant.Dos’ face instantly turned completely red.“Go on, kick the door down. Your boss is in danger,” Alora tea
After the second apple, there was the third... By the time he reached the fifth, he looked at the apple in his hand with a troubled expression. No matter how much he liked fruit, he still could not eat so many at once. Besides, he never liked apples to begin with.“Eat some more, or you won’t have the strength,” she said calmly. He was completely stumped. The strength? The strength for what?The wheels in his brain were still turning as he tried to process her words when the woman by his bed
At the hospital, the ward door opened without a sound. This time, Dos did not report the arrival in advance.When Elior arrived in a hurry, he immediately saw that woman.Before he said anything, Alora pulled him back out into the corridor. The door opened and closed again.The man on the bed lay on his side, fast asleep.No one knew what he was dreaming about, but the deep frown on his face showed that he did not have pleasant dreams.His hand rested on the covers, his wedding ring still a
"Don't worry, this time Sean Stewart won't disturb you again. He never will anymore. "Go and do what you do best, Jane Dunn. Run away!"With those words, Alora turned and left.She did not know what she was mad about. Perhaps she was not mad at all, just a little sorry about the whole state of affairs.It was almost as though she was the one who was not getting her happy ending. In her eyes, one of them had done wrong in the past and was now filled with regret, determined to turn over a n